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1 '40.-o• 2. - ~. ~i ~j.,.: 3 r: ,. f l {y. ~. Ya... '~ ~ Y ni;' , 7 - 4=zFr A .. CLERGYMAN, Married, Rene Acta, And re .siding a moderate distance from London, his PUPILS limited to SIX, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with a Gentleman's Son, whose health or education requires more than common attention. Letters to he addressed to Rev. IL S. Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, booksellers, 4, Pall-mall East, London. Ile . has long been accustomed to Tuition, and can offer the highest references. LONDON MAGAZINE, No. XXII. for Octo- Nr. Contents :—I. Au Apology for the " Diary of a Constant Reader." —11. Journal of a Traveller on the Continent, No. 8.-111. Wrestling—lV. Lord F. L. Gower's Faust—V. Scraps from the Correspondence of a Musical Dilettante in Italy, No. 3.--VI. Adventures of a Foreigner in Greece, No. B.—VII. New-home—VIII. The Women of Italy—lX. Irish Polities-- X. Butleriana, No. Head's Journies across the Pampas --XII. Much Arlo about Nothing; or the Speculations of a Connoisseur—Xlll. Memoirs of Casanova—XlV. Table Talk. Prices of Shares, &c. Literary Intelligence. List of Works, &c. Prices of Foreign and English Funds. Published by Hunt and Clarke, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. ~CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING • WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST.INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. . Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gentlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will . find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Ap• point►neuts, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. toge ther with a large and well-manufitctured stock of Sea Cuts, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabin Wash•hund Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Cheats, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other descrip tion of Travelling Equipage. . AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India, and other tropical climatess; , like wiMe a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindos tattnee Books, Maps, tee. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every descrip tion of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, .and South America, which merit inspection from their excellent quality, first style of workmanship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking but one Ready Money Price, from which no abatement Will be made. SOUTH WALES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By ,Mr. JOHN BROOME, At the Hotel, 'in the City of Hereford, on SATURDAY, the 14th day of October next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon precisely, on account of the number of Lots, subject to such Conditions a; shall be then produced, T HE Extensive Val uable FREEHOLD MA NOR of ENGLISH HAY, with TOLLS of the MAR KET of HAY, QUIT RENTS, FINES, Extensive Rights of Sporting, Fishing, and Waste thereunto belonging, and several valuable and improvable FREEHOLD FARMS, comprising up wards of Seven Hundred and Twenty Acres of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, Orchard, and Wood LAND, nearly the whole of which is in a high state of cultivation, with extensive Sheep Walks over the 13Iaok Mountain ; an Inn, a Public-house, a Carding Mill, and several Tenements, situate in and near the populous and im proving Market Town of Hay, beautifully seated on the Wye, in Brecknockshire, .and surrounded by very delightful and interest ing scenery, 15 miles north-east of Brecknock, and 155' miles west by South of London. Also, the FREEHOLD MANOR, or LORDSHIP of ABER DIMIWNOW, with the WASTE LANDS and FISHERY thereunto belonging, and several very valuable and improvable FREEHOLD FARMS, comprising upwards of One Thousand sik Hundred and Twenty Acres of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and .',Wood LAND,- part of which is tythe-free, and in a high state of cultivation, with extensive Sheep Walks and Right of Common on Mynydd Eppin and Kylwyne Mountains; an Inn, Two Water Corn Mills, and several Tenements, situate in the parishes of St. Mary's, Llandeny-r-owm, Llanfechan, and Maes-y-minnis, iA and near the improving Market Town of Builth, beautifully situated on the Wye, in Brecknockshire, and surrounded by very - romantic, delightful, and interesting scenery, 12 miles north of of Brecknock, and 173 miles west by north of London. And also, the FREEHOLD MANORS or LORDSHIPS of LLANVILLO, TREBARRIED, and TREPHILLIP, with the Quit Rents, Rights of Sporting, and Waste thereunto belonging, with several very valuable FREEHOLD FARMS, comprising upwards of Eight Hundred and Forty Acres of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, Orchard, and Wood LAND, in a high state of cultiva tion, with Sheep Walks and Rights of Common ; an Inn, a Wa ter Corn Mill, and several Tenements, situate in the parishes of Llandevalle, Bricullys, Talgarth, Lianigan, and Llanviilo, between Hay and Brecon, about nine miles from the former, and seven miles from the latter, surrounded by beautiful and interesting e'cenery. May be viewed by applying to the different Tenants, and to Mr. David Jenkins of Brecknock (the Country Agent of the Estates), where Particulars of Sale, and otber information, may be had, and Plans of the Estates may be seen Particulars of Sale, and every information, may also be bad, and Plans of the Estates seen, by application to Mr. James Rourke, at his Offices in Furnival'a Inn, London. Pirticulars may also be had, of /1 " 4 ". Spencer and James; and at the Swan, Hay; the Hotel, Hereford ; the Royal Oak, Builth ; the Vellin Vack Inn, Llan vino ; the King's Head, and Oxford Arms, Kington ; ,the Rad nor' Arms, Presteign ; Lion, Leominster ; Talbot, Shrewsbury ; Star, 'Worcester ; Hen and Chickens, Birmingham ; the Bush Tavern, Bristol ; Gloucester Hotel, Hot. ells, Clifton; of Ho bert Clarice Esq., Bath ; and at Mr. John Broome's, Church Stratto n , ss'ilop, where Plans of the Estate may also be seen. N. 8..—A1l Letters must be post-paid. GREAT INDIAN WALK.—Some interesting remi : .oieeneis of the' early history of Pen ns yl van ia have lately been pub 'liked' b tithed' in the i nter i or of that State. It is related, that Th 9 " 1s Penn, who ca me over to ma k e a settleme n t i n P ennsy l van ia in 178 2, contracted with Teedyuscuing and some others, whom the Indium said had n o r i g ht, to se ll f or a certa i n sum th e I n dian title to all the land to be taken off by a parallel of latitude from b'Y Point, as far as the b e st o f three men could walk in a day, boy sun-rise and sun -set, from a certain chestnut tree at or 'ear Bristol, in. a North-west direction. Great care was used ;:. sele c t t h e most capable for such a wa lk. Th e c h o i ce f e ll on 1411 , sti 'Yates, a nati ve of Bucks, a t a ll s li m man , o f muc h agilityanu 'Peed of foot.--Second, Solomon Jennings, a Yankee, a re markably stout and strong man.—Third, Edward Marshall, a n4tiv e of Bucks, a noted hunter, chain-carrier, ate-• a large , heavy -set, and Strong boned man. The day was appointed, and i t champions notifiell. The P eople collected at what. they thought the first 20 mile, on tile nurliam road, to see them pass. First, 'came. Yates, iste Pp in light as a feather, acco mpanied b y T. Penn and attendants tfnath sight, came Jennings, with St u r rs ebick. After him, but out of hind Edward Marshall, apparen4l 6 ra t t e dY at?' and not far he his hand, and eating a dry biscuit. , a n awinging a hatchet in Marshall, took biscuits to support hi s ra t : in favourd Ya tes. hatchet hitchet to swing in his hands alternately: that tile,:naitileatinitin—t!irias arms should balance that in his lega--as he w mined to beat the others, or die in the attempt. lie said he firs; gained on him. saw Yates in descending Durham creek, and There hi saw Yates sitting on a log, very tired 'Presently he fell off, arid•gave up the walk. Marshall kept on, and, before lie reached the Lehigh, overtook aril passed Jennings --waded the river at Bethlehem, hurried on faster and faster, by where N a „, sareth stands, to the Wind Gap. That was as far u the path hart been mark e d f or th em to walk on, and there were waiting the collection of people, to see if any of the three would reach it by sun sat. Ile only halted for the Surveyor to give him a pocket coin pass, and started again. Three Indian runners were sent after him to see if he walked it fair, and how far he went. He then passed to the. right of Pocono Mountain, the Indians finding it difficult to keep him. ii eight, till he reached Still Water, and he would have gone a few mites further but for the water. There he marked a .tree, witnessed by three Indians. Th e „N unes he wa lk e d b y . Open sun and sun, not being on a straight and about 30 .Milee of it through the woods, w as es ti mated to be from 110 to 120 Miles. He thus won the great prim, which was 5/. in money, and 800 acres of land any where in the purchase. It is added, that A nus Y a t e s, who led the way for the *rat 30 miles or .. m, uce, was quite blind when taken out of Darhatn Greek, and but three days afterwards. Solomon Jennings did not hold out but a few years. Edward Marshall lived and died on Mar -5414 Island, opposite Tinicum township, in the Delaware, aged 'bunt 90 years. He was a great hunter, and fortunately made more productive walk than he did for Thomas Penn ; for he found a rich silver mine, that rendered him and his family eon nezimul affluent, yet ha ca rr i e d the secret where it was out of th e World with him. VOrtY villages in flindostan, containing four thou and and inhabi tants, have publicly renounced Heatheni sm , become converts to th e Wesleyan Missionaries. ` - "Pottery hfercury. , ..- 7 - 7 -... %. , „ I . 7 1 .:, r ,- No. 10,629. , PRICE 7D-. WE'DNESDAY. EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1826. horn the *LONDON GAZETTE, Ocr. 3. War-Office, Oct. 2, 1826. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guarda--Serjeant-Major William Martin to be Adjutant, with the rank of Cornet, vice Bolton, pro moted in the 11th Foot. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Frederick Thorold, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, Viet Christie, promoted ; Staff-As sistant-Surgeon Thomas Gordon Stephenson, M.D. to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice James Gibson, placed upon half-pay. 17th Ditto—Lionel Ames, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Welch, promoted. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant-Co- lonel Edward Clive, from the half-pay, to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Henry Stables, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Frederick Peter Delme Radcliffe to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Johnstone, promoted ; Charles Hulse, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Radcliffe. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Robert Vansittart, Gent. to be Ensign add Lieutenant, by purchase, vies Manning ham, who retires. Ist RegiMent of Foot--Edmond Taylor Palmer, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Neville, promoted. StiDittC).- - -Lieutenant Stanhope Bruce, from half-pay 53d Foot,. to be Lieutenant, vice Walsh, appointed to th e 50th F oot. _ . - _ sth Ditto—Captain George Allan, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Agnew Champain, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 17th Ditto—Lieutenant John Alexander Edwards to be Cap tain by purchase, vice Pratt, promoted ; Ensign John Darley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards; Charles Steele, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Darley. 21st Ditto—Robert Griffith Williams, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted. Stith Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Thomas Shaw, from the half-pay, to be Major, vice Sutherland, promoted. 36th Ditto—Captain George Knox, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice John Vincent, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference. 41st Ditto--Ensign Robert Shafto Orde, from the 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, appointed to the 27th Foot. 50th Ditto—Lieutenant William Walsh; from the 8d Foot, to he Lieutenant, vice Robert Williams, who retires upon half-pay 53d Foot. 68th Ditto—Captain Henry Robert Ferguson, from half-pay 20th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, repaying the difference to the Half-pay Fund, vice Eliot, promoted. 69th Ditto—Major. Sir Charles Cuyler, Batt to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Muttlebury, who retires ; Major Jo nathan Peel, from the half-pay, to be Major, vice Cuyler. 724 Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles . George James Arbuth not, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, paying the dif ference to the Half-pay Fund, vice Felix Calvert, who exchanges ; Ensign Thomas E. Lacy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garthshore, promoted ; Charles Thursby Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lacy. 89th Ditto—Ersign Edward Sanford Miles to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dougan, who retires ; Mundy Pole, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Miles. _ . . IhiarracH ED.—To be Majors of Infantry, by purchasb—Capt. John Pratt, from the 17th Foot; Captain Geo. Johnstone, from the let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase—Lieutenant Arthur Davies, from the let Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant Patrick Chal mers, from the 3d Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant John Murray Garthehore, from the 72d Foot. To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase—Cornet George Christie, from the 18th Light Dragoons ; Cornet David Burges, from the 16th Light Dragoons. BRlEVlM—Captain Wm. Ferns, of the 96th Foot, to be Major in the Army; Richard Diggens, Esq. late Lieutenant-Colonel in the 11th Light Dragoons, to have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel upon the Continent•of Europe only, To have the rank of Major upon the Continent of Europe only —Charles Irvine, Es' late Major of the 6th Dragoons Guards; Charlee Mackenzie Graham, Esq. late Major of the 88th Foot. Msztoaaxna.—The under-mentioned Officers have been al lowed to dispose of their half-pay Major Henry Bowyer Lane, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Pay muter John Home, half-pay 93d Foot; Captain John Nicholson, Retired List bth Royal Veteran Battalion ; Captain Alfred Barton, half-pay 30th Foot; Lieut. Edward Grove Winbolt, half-pay 16th Foot; Lieut. Charles Minter, half-pay 21st Foot. UNarracicen.—The undermentioned Officers, having Brevet rank superior to their regimental commissions, have accepted pro motion upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 25th April, 1826 To be Lieutenant-Colonels of Infantry—Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Win. George Moore, from the lit or Grenadier Foot Guards; Brevet Major Edward Pery Buckley, from the let or Grenadier Foot Guards. Cominiesions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hertford. Wm. Robert Phillimore, jun. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; G. Hallam, Esq. to be ditto; Edmond Sexton Pery Calvert, Esq. to be ditto. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. W. H. Stamp and W. Nichollaor., Norway Wharf, Weannininq timber-merchants. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Bourne, Wyke Regis, Dorsetehire, printer. BANKRUPTS. J Wallace, Liverpool, merchant, to surrender Oct. 30, 31, and Nov. 14, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Messrs. Adlington and Co., Bedford-row, London ; and Mr. T. G. Massey, Liverpool. A R. Pomeroy, junior, Brixham, Devonshire, banker, Oct. 13, 27, and Nov, 14, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners.--At- Messrs. Egan and Waterman, Essex-street, Strand, Lon don ; and Mr. J. B. Smith, Dartmouth. J. Jackson, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk throweter, Oct. 19, at five, Oct. 20, at nine, and Nov. 14, at three, at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel, Macclesfield. Attornies, Meters. Bell and Brod rick, Bow Church-yard, London ; and Messrs. Grimaitch and /lope, Macclesfield. J. Taylor, Agecroft, Lancashire, calico printer, Oct. 14, 16, and Nev. 14, at ten, at the Star Inn Manchester. Att orn i es , Messrs. Ellis aua co., chancery-lane, London ; and Messrs. Higeon and Bagshaw, Manchester. A. Child, junior, Walcot, , Somsrsetshire, carpenter, Oct. 12, at eleven, Oat. 14, at one, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Bath. Attornies, Mr. S. Fisher, Queen -street, Cheapaide, London ; and Mr. R. H. Hellings, Bath. J. Wheeler, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, builder, Oct. 20, 21, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Cardiff. Attornies, Inn, London; and Messrs. Wit. Meters. Holme and Co., New Lame and Dalton, Cardiff. W. Shns, P or t ses , Hampshire, grocer, Oct. 23, 28, and Nov. 1 4, at twelve, at the India Arm s Inn, Gos p ort. Attornies, Messrs. Hahne and Co. , New Inn, Lon don ; and Mr. Cruick shank, Go s p ort . _ _J. Nuttall, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, saddle-maker, Oct. 17, 1 9 ., :t eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Derby, and Nov. 14, at :it B. e T en . , at "the Bell Inn, Derby. Attorniee, Mr. W. Roberta, Ex- Vir k chequer , 'con, London ; and Messrs. Swsetenbam and Andrew, ir s wm . th. J. Ifirris, PI torniee, M , Nov. 14, In'aeth, Devonshire, joiner, Oct. 9, 10, and Devonport. At.. London ; end Mr, Elliott's Royal Hotel, Smith, Warnford-court, Tlsrogmorton-street, ' 44 4 Devonport. W. Dickenson, T, G niVIDENDS. jun. Birmingham, b ank ° °" 4ll , M. Goodall, and W. Dickenson, Hotel, Birminghani......),e!"' O ct. -9 5 , at twelve, at the Royal street, glass-dealer Oct. _ . Graham, Union-street, Biskopsgate ,knem_w. i i en d erso u' ili , v 4 v , , at twelve, at the Gout t of Commis colourman, Nov. 3, at ten,art i l c , k-row, Blackfriars-road, oil and Smith, Cranbourne- street, L e i: e Court of Comrnissioners-.-C. at eleven, at the Court of (I : 4 er-square, silk mercer, Oct. 27, mmissioners-4. B. Inglis and J. Inglis, M ar k-l ane , merchants, Oct, 2 7,' at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Randall, Hi!h Holborn, grocer, Oct. 24, at ten, at the Court of C omp i le street, bill-b ro k er , O c t. 27, at Triell , --E. Hickman, Lombard sioners—E, L ingston , Manclemv t en, at the Court of Commis at two, at M r . Atkinson's office, cotton-merchant, Oct. 25, Long-acre, coach-joiner, Oct. 26, ancheater—J. T. Thompson, at ten, at the Court of Com inissioners—F. Winder and W. F. Campbell, Hatton-garden, Jewellers, Oct. 26, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—C. G. Chapman, Torquay, Devonshire, linen-draper, Oct. 26, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Newton Abbott, Devonshire—S. Thorpe and R. Marshall, Nottingham, wharfingers, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham --J. Murton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, shoemaker, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the George Inn, Newcastle upon-Tyne—W. King, Upper perk-place, Dorset-square, car penter, Oct. 26, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES--Ocr. 24. J. W. Swift, Liverpool, bookseller---.W. Berresford, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, roller-maker—W. Pickering, Worcester, iron founder—E. Atkinson, Morp-th, Northumberland, tanner—C. Ainsworth, R. Holden, J. Catlow, A. Crawshaw, and T. Lone. dale, Wiswall, Lancashire, calico-printers—W. E. Willard, Red ditch, Worcestershire, chemist—H. Thomas, Manchester, silk mercer—S. Hal, Great Russell-street, upholder—W. West, Trowbridge, clothier—T. EUiott, Nottingham, cabinet-maker— R. Eccleston, Bristol, wine merchant—T. Briggs, Bloonssgrove, Nottinghamshire, lace-manufacturer —J. Latham, • Liverpool, grocer--. 1. Lane, Strand,. wholesale chessamonger—.l. Turner, Finsbury-circus, builder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Boning and Co. Old Bond-street, milliners---A Kiug and C. A. Keen, Bristol, milliners--T. Blake and W. Blake, Lower Tooting, Surrey, brewers--T. Small, seu. and Co. Birmingham, japanners—M. Kist and R. Whitwell, Henrietta-street, Bruns wick-square, sehoolmistresses--W. Pileher and P. Chilts, Church street, Deptford, common.brewers--E.• Stoleworthy and W. Martin, Vine-street, Hatton-garden, cabinet-makers---P. Col ston and W. Hayes, Brixham, Devonshire, linen-drapers— C. Watkins and C. L. &unwell, High Holborn, milliners—J. Ward and R. Ward, Nottingham, tailors--..M. Knowles and W. Moore, Rochdale, Lancashire, bread-bakers—N. Cockell, jun. and Co. Lotbbury, cloth-manufacttwers--E. Kirkman and J. Overington, Little Brook -street, milliners---W. Holroyd and J. Holroyd, Marsden, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, grocers—.C. T. Dob son and J. Simpson, Stamford, Lincolnshire, grocers—C. Hayles and Co. Southsea, Portsea, Southampton, soap-boilers—S. Stan field and J. S. Hutchinson, Sheffield, Yorkshire, merchants—C. Hempling and T. Rumble, Manchester, architects—T. Bullock and J. Hooley, Sutton, Macclesfield,- Cheshire, silk-throwaters-- G. Clarence and E. B. Lovell, Birrninghatn, agents—J. M. Davey and P. Kruse, 01(1 Swan-wharf, Chelsea, coal-merchants. SKETCHES IN AFRICA. MAEIC DURING THE SUEVIIT OF THE COAST OF THAT CONTINENT IN MS MAJESTY'S SUM LEVEN AND BAANACOUTA. Na I. Notwithstanding the considerable traffic which has been carried on with Africa, the shores of this continent were but imperfectly known. Besides the incorrectness of the general outline of this coast, the geographical site of every place Sexcepting Mozambique, and some other of the prin. opal Portugusse settlements) was so erroneously marked in the current Charts, as to be, in some cases, extremely erroneous—in others, requiring confirmation—in many, totally unserviceable to navigators, who have even fre quently been bewildered, and led into perilous and fatal embarrassments, by these defects. To obviate the 'foregoing inconveniences was the object of the expedition fitted out in the autumn of 1821. It sailed in the February following, and consisted of his Ma jesty's ships Leven and Barraeouta, the former of 20 guns and 130 men, the latter 10 guns and 75 men, under the orders of Capt. Owen, who was appointed to this service on the refusal of Captain Beaufort. The number of vessels was inereaNed by a third being purchased at Rio Janeiro, which proved, however, unfit for the intended service, and was lost some few mouths after her first arrival at the-Cape, near the bottom of False Bay, in consequence of he people having mistaken one point of land for another. This accident led to the pur chase, at Cape Town, of a schooner of 76 tons, called the AThatross, and by these three vessels conjointly, the survey of the cast and great part of the west side of Africa, the entire coast of Madagascar, the whole of the Islands in the Mozambique Channel, the Seychelles and adjoining groups, has been performed. Leaving Horsburgh's valuable compilation aside, there is not among our predecessors in this service, on the east coast of Africa, one whose information is materially ser viceable, save the judicious and experienced Inveranty, a gentleman long devoted to maritime investigation, who, as commander of a small vessel belonging to the East India Company, entitled himself to the highest praise that appli cation and industry can obtain. The present expedition, though so very superior in the manner of its equipment, in men, in boats, and in instruments, and aided, toe, by the many little improvements which have been introduced in the astronomical part of navigation, has, in no instance, found itself enabled to correct for the better any of the ob servations of that intelligent and indefatigable seaman. Delagoa Bay, v its name implies, is a commanding ex panse of water, with several woody islands therein ; its 'navigation for vessels of burden is extremely intricate, but, this difficulty surmounted, it has natural advantages which few places can boast ; and, had the slave trade never exist ed here, and the m eans o f th e Portuguese (who lay clai m to this part of the coast down to Natal, and who ha ve h a d a fort and garrison on the north bank of the Lorenzo Mar queza for near two hundred years), been diverted to other pursuits, this part of Caffrana would long since have been their most valuable possession, from the richness of the country in the back ground, the quantity of ivory, gums, and other valuable commodities, which the natives bring in from the interior; and from the quantity of ce t aceous animals with which the bay abounds. The number of whales found in Delagoa Bay at peculiar seasons, as well • as throughout the Mozambique Channel, is in cre dibl e.-- The whales taken here are smaller thin those met w i t h i n the Greenland seas, , but were they only to yield f rom 10 to 15 tuns each, their plentifulness must compensate for diminution of size. The people who inhabit the south side of the Lorenzo Marqueza, otherwise English River, have till lately con sidered themselves, as in fact they should be, perfectly independent of the Portuguese; but this nation, with a sweeping presumption, laid claim originally to the entire coast contained ' between Cape Guardafui, northward, to the first point of Natal, south, comprehending a tract of coast of about 2,600 miles. At present they acknowledge as their own such part only as the Arabs have thought fit to leave them, the incursions of the latt er h av i ng d i vested . them of all the strong places situated n ort h o f Cape Delagoa. Against this claim of the Portuguese the natives never remonstrated, because they never supposed that it existed, and thinking themselves entitled to give what they con ceived to be their own, in the latter part of 1822 they came to the c o nc l us i on of ceding thei r country to the King of Great B r it a i n , w hi c h was effected i n d ue form, and taken possession of by the expedition. A flag staff was erected, and the union hoisted thereon. All this occurred under the eye of the Portuguese Governor, who never urged the least objection to either the surrender or acceptance. The Governor, however, was treacherously murdered by the natives, at a party, which he had been induced to con vene without the fort, during the absence of our ships, and one of the first objects of his successor was to remove the English and hoist the Portuguese flag upon the opposite shore. Acting, however, under the persuasion that the Portuguese made no claim to that side of the river, the ex pedition, on his return, co mpelled th e G overnor to re-ho i st the English colours, which continued flying so long as the ships remained in sight, but probably, not an hour longer. The natives of Delagoa, who are all warriors, are armed with light, well made, assagyes, perhaps six or eight each man. Each is provided with a shield, cu t out from the hide of a bullock, in the brackets of which he carries his spare assagyes, which thus becomes his quiver. They launch these weapons with great force and dexterity, and can strike a very small object at 80 yards, with sufficient strength for execution. Being continually subject to attacks from the neighbouring tribes, undet the general name of Orotontas, they are constantly in preparation for ward A party of these rovers came down by night upon our people, encamped upon the banks of one branch of the Lorenzo Marqueza • and the first intimation they had, was . , from the cries of ;he centinel in the rear, who, withou t . perceiving his enemy, found himself wounded in the shoulder by one of their missiles. Retreating to the larger tent, for assistance, he was closely pursued to its entry by the assailants. There their ardour was somewhat checked by the discharge of two or three muskets, those terrible and formidable weapons to savages, by the means of which Europeans have civilized or reduced what portion they pleased of the other three quarters of the world. From the darkness of the night, and the confusion such unexpected visits create, the firing did them no material in jury. The intrusion, however, was deemed a sufficient cause of war between ourselves and these marauders. Ad ditional precautions were adopted during our stay ; and, under whatever circumstances an Orotonta was subse quently met, he was immediately fired at. The rivers of Delagoa swarm with the hippopotami, and numbers are annually taken, being either entrapped, or wounded by the assagyes, so as to cause their destruction. It was only at a very recent period that the Portuguese of this settlement paid any attention to the collecting of their teeth, but finding their sale to be very brisk at Mozam bique, they are now sought for with extreme avidity. During the exploring a branch of. the Lorenzo Marquez*, one of these enormous animals rose by the side of a boat, and taking her in his jaws, at once tore away seven planks from het side and bottom ; others being at hand, the people. sustained no injury, and the boat, when repaired, conti nued serviceable to the end of the voyage. There are too many living who witnessed this fact, to admit of any dis pute, otherwise it might appear to border too closely upon the romantic; but it is: not the only circumstance of the kind which, in those sketches, we shall have to notice. The forests are inhabited by vast herds of elephants, equal in number to those found in any part of this extensive country. We were informed that 120 tons of ivory were commonly received at Mozambique annually, from this set tlement, and that this quantity was in no way considered an extraordinary importation. Among the arts of the Delagonians may be mentioned the erection of their huts, formed by a kind of wicker pro cess, and rendered very compact. W o od en di s h es th e y make, and other utensils, which, considering the rudeness of their implements, are of extraordinary workmanship, and quite sufficient to prove that they are possessed of a con siderable share of taste and ingenuity. The women of this district are universally given to pros titution; it is, indeed, the only means by which they can obtain an atom of clothing. The wet and chilling nights usually met with in the "%sinter months, render them, in a manner, regardless of useless finery, when put in compe tition with a woollen garment or blanket, the latter of which, to a Delagonian, is amongst the most inestimable of all acquisitions. Cheerless and shivering, our decks have frequently been crowded with these unhappy wretches, who would esteem themselves fortunate in being sheltered on board the ship for one night only. This vice is forwarded and encouraged by men, who find their account therein; and the Portuguese padre knows his business much better than to enter into the immoralities of heretics, or to concern himself in any way with them, except in the mere barter of ivory. SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS OF PANAMA. (From the Extraordinary Gazette of the Isthmus, June 22.) " This day may be called the day of America—from this day its states enjoy all their political liberty, and indivi duals a freedom conformable to their social compacts. A close and eternal bond unites the four Republics of Colombia, Guatimala, Mexico, and Peru. AU of them make mutual tenders of assistance against foreign oppres sors, and against those who desire to usurp the rights which they have recovered. To preserve a perfect equa lity, chance has decided the Presidency, and the same means has been employed in determining the order of the signatures. The names of their Excellencies Senores Pedro Gual, Minister of State and of Foreign Relations of Colombia ; Antonio Larrazabal, penitentiary of the holy cathedral church of Guatunala ; Don Manuel Lo renzo de Vidaurre, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Peru, and decorated with the medal of those who have deserved well of their country; Don Jose de Michelena, Brigade-General of the armies of Mexico; Pedro Briceno Mendez, Brigade-General of the armies of Colombia, and of the liberators of Venezuela, and of Cun dinamarea ; Pedro Molino, Plenipotentiary of central Ame rica ; Don Manuel Perez Tudela, Fiscal of the Supreme Court of Justice of Peru ; and Don Jose Dominguez, Regent of the Tribunal of Justice of Guanejato, will always be repeated with respect, as the noblest defenders of our liberty and independence. Blessed he the God of Justice, who, in recompense for our labours and our slavery, has for ever secured to us the means of being happy. " Don Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre, Preside . n . t . of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Peru, our Minister Plenipotentiary to the Great American Diet, thus ad (tressed their Excellencies the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the other States : .............. _____ _ " ' The inhabitants of the Americas, who have been Spaniards will cover themselves with eternal infamy in the eyes Of all known nations, if they do not proundgate laws so wise, so equitable, and so just, as to secure their present happiness, and that of their descendants for many generations. Restored to the state of nature, free and in dependent, in perfect possession of all their ri ghts, enjoying the gifts which the Sublime Author of all has bestowed on them, they are more perfect than in the times bordering on the creation. Then man could not be prudent, because he had no experience; man could not guard against e v il, because he did not know it ; he could not enjoy himself, vfe wealthrthno w in of a ; thousand because he had not felt the contrast of . pain and plea sure . Now, in the use of his most per f ect faculties , he distin guishes what is just from what is unjust—what is use f u l an d agreeable from what is pernicious and offensive ; what is secure from wh at is da n g erous ; th e enjoyment of mode- T r ate pleasures, which arc perpetual, from intense gratifies tioiis , are ; only momentary. flaw acid the ehheb tb o parts of the known world ; the destruction of so me c i t i es, and the elevation of others; the greatness and th e d ecay of which empires States—all these are lessons by which we may profit—all these are rules which present themselves for our present guidance. cr , Among the many physi ca l, moral, and political revo lutions which historians relate and ' Phllosophers examine, ours has no example. Dynasties su cceeded each other in China from the time of Po-hi till t he Tartars took poitso" sion of the throne. The Pgy ' pans reckoned 311 gene."'" tiona to the time of SethCii : ..the Persians suceeedeicttroo the Medea, as the Medea did i _ . to the Assyrians---the em pi „ of the Romans was substituted for them all-:—Et ("nu of locusts sallied from the north, and Europe---the Infant Don H •Columbusenrique and disco vered a new world--C . Pizarro, °rtes andother criminal adventurers, dethroned sovereigns, and possessed theca• selves of the fourth part of the eat, but 'humanity made no advances—every day it %YRS more debased by the shame• fat passions of a few, end.by the crimes of others—by an irrational passive obedience, which made it deny its own degradation, and almost forget its noble origin. Dynasties were changed,—the vices of 'Government remained the same. Even when the Greeks, the Romans, an d the Car thagenians, in ancient times appeared to have loved liberty, unstable, inconstant, distrustful, envious, dissatisfi e d w ith sing of Ma ra th on an d they r sing at hearin g th at t h e their te t rr h i e t a n t rie v s i , ee g : tia n t di w ri ar er r e io o r t s u b p ut ee h r a a, d a c l i i t i i i r a en e s :m l ti a n e u e it o y id o y f ti rt i tl e l n ie jaa s its a W re h o il v e er t p h o e aeivlliolgnga Salamis, nd thel misfo rt une s, walls of Pircens are to be destroyed, and remain level with the earth. 'The sons of Thebes lament the destruc tion of their country . ; Emilianus shed tears at seeing Car thage in ashes, because he foresees, that in like manner barbarians will sack Rome-.-that her precious monuments will be given up to the flam.s—and that her famishing children will run about the street. beseeching bread or .death. This was not the time in which men were happy. At this time they had - not discovered the sublime theort of their rights and their duties. They defended countries, but not individuals. _ _ " The English, I think, were the first' who laboured for the rights of man. Their ancient charter, extorted from John Lackland, and their progress for many ages, till the time of William 111., show that we must acknowledge them as the discoverers of the grand political system. Let the Anglo-American confess that the lights which he re ceived from his ancestors directed him in his struggle and conducted him to the port where he reposes under the tree of just and regulated liberty. " Our situation, however, is still more advantageous. We possess, in pictures perfectly drawn, the errors and the knowledge—the virtues and the vices, of 62 ages. The union of the Swiss, the constancy of the , butch, the pru dence of the North Americans, the atrocities of the French Revolution, the factions of the Belgic provinces, and even of our own, are so many images which we ought to have perpetually before our eyes, as examples to follow or to shun. " To-day the great AnMican Congress, which is to be an adviser in great conflicta, a faithful interpreter of treaties, a mediator In domestic disputes, an agent in the formation of our new rights with for,no states, is invested with all those powers which are necessary to fulfil the noble, grand, and striking object for which it has been convoked. All the precious materials have been prepared beforehand. A whole world is about to look upon our labours, and to examine attentively our proceedings. From the first sovereign to the most insignificant inha bitant of southern lands, there is no person indifferent to our labours. This, perhaps, will be the last trial which will be made to ascertain if man can be happy. Fellow representatives, the field of glory, smoothed by Bolivar, San Martin, O'Higgins, Guadalupe, and many other heroes superior to ifereultis and Theseus, is open to us. Our names are to be preserved to immortal honour or eternal disgrace. Let us raise ourselves, then, above a thousand millions of inhabitants; let a noble pride elevate our spirits, giving us a resemblance to God himself, on that day on which he gave the first laws to the universe. " Fired with a divine enthusiasm, and fixing my eyes on the Author of all worlds, the greatest difficulties appear to me trifling. Few, but solid, are the foundations on which our confederation rests. Peace with the world—re spect to the Governments established in European contr. tries, even when they are diametrically opposite to that which has been adopted in America—a free comntereet with all nations—and a great diminution of duties in favour of those who have recognized our independence—religions toleration for those who observe rites different from those which we have received for our particular constitutions : such are the bases pf our union. Thirty-three millions of victims sacrificed by fanaticism, from the time of the Jews to the present age, should teach us to be humane, pacific, and indulgent to those wh o pu r s ue a di ff eren t p a th from ours. Let the foreigner come, and whatever be his worship, he will be received, respected, and protected, if his morality, which is true religion, does not belie that which was taught by our Saviour. Let them be our mas ters in agriculture, and in the arts; let the dismal counte nance of the African, oppressed by chains and power, dis appear from our fields. Let him see by his side a man of that colour, which is believed a sign of superiority ; let him begin to be a rational being, perceiving that in nothing hi is distinguished from other men. Immortal Pitt, eloquent Fox, interrupt for a moment your repose, raise your heads from the tomb, and be filled with admiration at observing, that the countries which were most distinguished . for slavery are now those in which your philanthropic maxims are moat venerated. "' With respect to ourselves, we have two terrible rocks to avoid—the first is the desire of aggrandizement of some states at the expense or by the injury o f o th ers; th e secon d is the danger that an ambitious individual may arise to aspire at power by enslaving his brethren. I fear both cases as much as I despise the threats .4 the feeble Spa. niards. We cannot extinguish passions, nor would it be proper to do so. One man is always sighing for distinction; another is never contented with what he possesses ; another is unjust, and can we all at once inspire him with a love of justice ? Not till he has experienced the evils arising from the disorder of the passions. " Sully and Henry IV. projected a tribunal which might restrain in Europe the first—namely, the desire of aggrandizement. In our days, Gondon wrote a treatise on the same subject. This Diet realizes the laudable de signs of the King and of the philosophers. Let us avoid wars, by bringing all our differences within the range of mediation. The effect of war is conquest. A State in• creases by reducing the power of the vanquished. Men* tesquieu said that which was—.Debonaire, that which ought to be. With every victory, Napoleon acquired new territory for France. An arrow shot in our plains or mountains will cause a terrible storm, which will be felt over the whole Continent, and in the isles. • And on what should we dispute ? Our fruits grow in all our terri tories—our plains are immense—our ports beautiful and secure. One Republic has nothing which ought to excite the envy of another. Will the shepherd of a thousand sheep go to rob the small fold of his neighbour ? What • injustice ! The Diet will not permit it. ~ ' As wars often arise from alliances, America will may enter upon them in accord with all the contracting parties. I suspend my reasoning because I am postponing divisions. "Ile second d anger may b e prevented by more simple rules. First, l e t th e confederated Governments annually guarantee their lib erty and their independence. Secondly, never let mor e p ower h e i ntrusted to an individual t h an is necessary for th e exerc i se of the authority with which he is invested. Thi r dl y, i n proportion as h i s power i s great, let the time b e s h ortened i n which b e ca n exercise it, if that be compatible with its object. Fourthly, let the person public to whom theforce is in trusted be always made de pendent upon that part of the nation which II unarmed. Fiftly, let no standing armies be maintained except In time of war. Sixthly, let thin ter rible scourge, incompatible with the or d er o f society, be avoided by e v e r y m ea n s wh ich ' prudence. e are in our power, and whic h are dictated b y honour and " ' Ism not 1" tful, that, g in the retirement of the Es formed for ne curial and er a the attempt impossible w . e ?: ' ditions, I t hi ,o k, s howieieim, me with proofs. Could either ° history of Spain supplies hi s rarAlson subjugate 1.1 nand ? Philip IL, or his son, or g_ ..,_. a Could Philip IV. recover Portugal I' Could Catalonia, o f Aranjuer, another time, h f e eetiea have been retaken by ?ranee ? Has Gibraltar Spaniards ? 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